Facebook & Myspace reveals more than you think: What does it say about you?

Facebook and Myspace are very popular indeed and I have used both of them but mainly use Facebook now, but new research has it that users of social networking sites do fall into five different types of people and it reveals more than you realise.

The new study reveals that users fall into one of these 5 categories –

Faithfuls: Older men and women aged over 20, who typically use social networking sites to rekindle old friendships, often from school or university.

Alpha socialisers: Mostly males under 25 who use sites in intense short bursts to flirt with other people and to meet new people and be entertained.

Followers: Men and women of all ages who join sites to keep up with what their peers are doing.

Attention seekers: Mostly female, who crave attention and comments from others, often posting photos and customising their profiles.

Functionals: Mostly older males who tended to be single-minded in using sites for a particular use.
There are also three types of people that will not use social networking sites at all, these people are the ones that are concerned about safety, those who are not that technically experienced and ones that basically say it is a waste of time.

The research which was done by communications watchdog Ofcom also found that around half of all the children that had internet access have their very own profile on social networking sites.

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